bush, he sat down with the leaders of pakistan, afghanistan, iraq, india and japan. it was a busy time then, it was a tumultuous time, and he also was in a re-election battle, but he made the time. i mean, i understand messaging is important when you're running for re-election, and re-election is important to the president and his policies. but, you know, does he also need to think about the united states' standing and the ability to forge relationships with some of these key, strategic partners to us? >> no, of course he does can. but he's also, look, he's got, obviously, a different style than president bush did. and i think that's also part of the thing that's going on here. i mean, look, you know, as the president, you know, said a few days ago, if mitt romney, you know, thinks we ought to go to war, he should say that. this president has a different view of how you conduct foreign policy. republicans may -- and americans may not like and, obviously, there are americans who don't like his foreign policy -- but this is the way he conducts it, and, you know, he made promises of getti
